On the street.
A woman in a grey miniskirt stared in horror at the severed head of a soldier rolling toward her, and then at a Night Slave holding an axe, its eyes glowing crimson.
Terrified, she screamed, “Ahhh!!!”
Bang!
Suddenly, the Night Slave's head exploded, and so did the head of the screaming woman standing opposite him.
In the distance, an agent held a rifle, frozen in his firing stance.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
He fired repeatedly, refusing to stop even though there was a massive crowd of civilians around.
He wasn't the only one; soldiers in other areas quickly snapped out of their shock and opened fire.
The rifles were incredibly powerful. When a bullet tore through a Night Slave, it would keep flying and strike some unlucky bystander.
Before setting out on this mission, they had received orders from above to eliminate the enemy at all costs—even if it meant collateral damage.
Ningcheng had fallen because they had cared too much about protecting civilians. This time, they would not make the same mistake.
“What... what are you doing?!” a middle-aged man roared at the distant soldiers in disbelief as he watched his colleague get gunned down.
“Ah!”
“Run!”
“Don't shoot! Don't shoot!”
“They've gone mad! They're shooting at us!”
The scene was absolute chaos. People collapsed constantly—soldiers, civilians, and Night Slaves alike.
Terrified, the civilians scrambled toward the office buildings and side alleys on both sides of the street to escape the indiscriminate slaughter.
Some tried to broadcast what was happening, only to find that their phones had no signal whatsoever.
In the streets and alleys, soldiers and agents from other sectors joined the fray one after another.
On the rooftop of a twenty-story building, four soldiers carried up a heavy-caliber machine gun and set it up.
Aiming the barrel at the area with the densest concentration of Night Slaves, a cold-faced soldier pulled the trigger.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A Night Slave sprinting with a machete was struck squarely in the torso by a heavy round.
Pfft!
His entire upper body was instantly torn to shreds. The bullet punched a basketball-sized crater into the concrete, spraying blood everywhere.
He wasn't the only one; a storm of bullets swept through a ten-meter radius around him, shredding every person and vehicle in its path.
In just ten seconds, not a single intact body remained in that small zone.
Boom!
A sedan's fuel tank was hit, triggering an explosion that sent thick black smoke billowing into the sky.
As it turned out, once the Nanming Kingdom threw caution to the wind and got serious, the power they could unleash was truly terrifying.
Under this ruthless onslaught, more than half of the invading Night Slaves were wiped out in an instant.
In the center of the street, Liu Qi's figure flickered repeatedly as he dodged the incoming heavy-caliber rounds.
Opposite him, behind Bai Yuwen, nine three-meter-tall shadow monsters rose from the ground.
Glaring at Liu Qi, Bai Yuwen said coldly, “You are very strong. If we fought one-on-one, I might not be your match.”
With a wave of his hand, the nine shadow monsters lunged at Liu Qi.
At the same time, he raised his right hand. A white light flared on the outer layer of his trench coat, channeling energy toward his right palm as he aimed it at Liu Qi.
Hearing this, Liu Qi tilted his head, his gaze fixed on the oncoming shadow monsters. “So, you're feeling pretty confident, huh?”
He took a step forward with his left foot, a wide grin splitting his face. “Trash, let me show you what true supernatural power looks like!”
Just as the nine shadow monsters closed in on him from all sides—
Swish!
Although Liu Qi was standing perfectly still, a series of afterimages blurred around him. They flickered rapidly, overlapping and merging with his physical body.
The instant the nine shadow monsters drew near, the flickering afterimages unleashed a barrage of punches. Countless phantom fists blanketed the space in front of Liu Qi.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Within a single second, the nine shadow monsters were struck by a flurry of afterimages. The moment an afterimage made contact, it solidified into a physical fist, delivering a devastating blow.
Boom!
In the next instant, the nine shadow monsters were forced to a halt, their bodies reeling backward under the sheer weight of the punches.
The shadow monsters tried to strike back, but the force of the punches was too overwhelming. Every single blow left a deep, sunken crater in their bodies.
Boom!
The afterimages vanished, and the nine shadow monsters exploded. In that brief second, each monster had absorbed over a hundred punches.
With Liu Qi's monstrous strength, it was impossible for them to withstand such an assault.
“Die!” However, that single second was more than enough for Bai Yuwen. A sphere of white light materialized in his right palm.
He thrust his right hand forward, and the light sphere shot out like a beam, instantly reaching Liu Qi's head.
Just a split second before it hit, an afterimage suddenly ducked into a low crouch. Liu Qi vanished, reappearing exactly where the afterimage had positioned itself.
“He actually reacted to that?!” Bai Yuwen's eyes nearly popped out of his skull.
The white light sphere moved at the speed of sound, and the distance between them was only ten meters.
Crouching on the ground, Liu Qi snapped his head up to glare at Bai Yuwen.
An incredibly arrogant grin spread across his face. “It's over!”
Swish!
An afterimage lunged from his body toward Bai Yuwen. Without a second thought, Bai Yuwen swung his trench coat forward.
Boom!
With a deafening boom, the trench coat blocked Liu Qi's punch, but the residual force lifted Bai Yuwen off his feet.
Swish!
As his feet left the ground, a gust of wind caught him. Bai Yuwen soared into the air, instantly reaching a height of ten meters.
The trench coat drained physical stamina. Previously, Jiang Chen's stamina had been too weak, unlike Bai Yuwen, who had been enhanced by the mask.
Standing where Bai Yuwen had just been, Liu Qi looked up at the flying figure. “Kid, are you planning to run already?”
Beneath his mask, Bai Yuwen's expression was grim. He flew another ten meters higher to prevent the other man from launching a surprise attack.
I can't beat him like this. Not unless I gather ten thousand shadows and create a much stronger shadow monster!
As for blasting Liu Qi with the trench coat's energy, he didn't even bother to consider it. The trench coat took too long to charge up. Even he could easily dodge such an attack, let alone someone with Liu Qi's superior speed.
“Hmph, just you wait. The next time we meet, you're dead!” Bai Yuwen glared at him before turning around and flying away.
The supernatural items of the Lord of Evil were all growth-type. As they were used or actively nurtured, they would continuously adapt to their hosts, growing stronger over time.
Seeing this, Liu Qi sneered and gave chase.
Watching Liu Qi pursue him, Bai Yuwen shifted his focus. In the chaotic street below, a shadow slithered rapidly along the ground.
The shadow's target was an agent a dozen meters away whose head had been sliced in half.
The golden dragon-head ring was still on the agent's body. If he could retrieve it, his strength would increase once more.
Just as the shadow rushed toward the ring, a stealthy figure in the chaotic crowd was also darting toward the agent's corpse.
Xiao Qi dodged the stray bullets flying around, his face contorted in frustration. Damn it! This dog of a Carriage gives the most lethal missions. Can I really survive and get this item?!
He had already blended into the crowd earlier, but the authorities had too many personnel, leaving him with no opportunity. Now that a chaotic melee had erupted, his chance had finally come.
When he was just three meters away from the agent's corpse, he saw two pitch-black arms rise from the ground in front of the body, rifling through the clothes.
Is that a competitor? Xiao Qi's expression hardened at the sight.
He quickly picked up his pace. If he got scooped while trying to scavenge, he might as well find a building and jump off.
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